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Washington Post PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Trump meets Zelensky between Putin call and summit
The Ukrainian leader is seeking long-range missiles to use against Russia in a war Trump is eager to end.

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New York Times PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Unions Return to Court as Trump Eyes Additional Cuts During Shutdown
Unions representing federal workers told a judge they believed the administration might violate a temporary ban on layoffs during the shutdown.

New York Times PoliticsOct 17, 2025
John Bolton Pleads Not Guilty to Charges of Mishandling Classified Documents
Mr. Bolton appeared in federal court in Greenbelt, Md., a day after he was indicted by a grand jury.

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John Bolton surrenders to authorities after federal indictment in classified information probe (Yahoo Politics)

Yahoo PoliticsOct 17, 2025
What is a government shutdown? Here's what happens when funding runs out


Washington Post PoliticsOct 17, 2025
John Bolton to make first court appearance in classified documents case
A grand jury seated in Greenbelt, Maryland, indicted Bolton on Thursday afternoon on 18 counts of transmitting or retaining national defense information.

BBC PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Government loses bid to block appeal against Palestine Action ban
Palestine Action's co-founder said the government's attempt to avoid judicial scrutiny had 'backfired spectacularly'.

Politics - U.S. HouseOct 17, 2025
Senators Move to Force Vote to Bar Ground Strikes in Venezuela
The bid comes after the Senate rejected a similar measure to curb President Trump's attacks against alleged drug runners in the Caribbean Sea.

Democracy NowOct 17, 2025
"Israeli Sadism in a Nutshell": Amira Hass on Israeli Prisons, Settler Violence & Gaza Ceasefire
Just days after the U.S.-backed ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, President Trump has issued new threats against Hamas, saying Thursday the United States would back a military intervention against the group if it fails to uphold the ceasefire agreement.

"There is the fear all the time that the war will be renewed," says Amira Hass, Haaretz correspondent for the Occupied Palestinian Territories, who joins us from Ramallah. Hass is the daughter of Holocaust survivors and is the only Israeli Jewish journalist to have spent 30 years living in and reporting from Gaza and the West Bank.


BBC PoliticsOct 17, 2025
MPs demand chief prosecutor explain China spy case collapse
Stephen Parkinson is under pressure to say more about why the case collapsed last month.

Washington Post PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Trump plans Putin summit on Ukraine, raising stakes for Zelensky meeting
The call with Putin came right before his meeting with Zelensky where the Ukrainian leader was hoping to obtain new long-range weaponry to use against Russia.

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Orbán celebrates Hungary as 'the only place in Europe' where a Trump-Putin meeting can be held (Yahoo Politics)

Yahoo PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Trump to host Zelenskyy at the White House with long-range missiles topping the agenda


Washington Post PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Maine Senate candidate downplayed sexual assault concerns in deleted posts
Democrat Graham Platner disavowed the comments in an interview with The Washington Post, saying, "I don't want people to judge me off the dumbest thing I said on the internet 12 years ago."

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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
OUTFLANKS ZELENSKY...




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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
White House ballroom being funded by foreign govts?




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Washington Post PoliticsOct 17, 2025
GOP tries to brand anti-Trump ‘No Kings' protests as un-American
Ahead of the more than 2,600 rallies planned for Saturday across the country, Republican officials have sought to cast the protests against the president's policies as "hate America" rallies.

BBC PoliticsOct 17, 2025
China warns UK of 'consequences' over mega-embassy delays
It comes after the UK said it had pushed back a decision on the controversial site for the second time.

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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
Zelensky to make case for missiles at White House...




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WALL ST SHAKES OFF BANK FEARS...




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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
U.S. MILITARY COMMANDER OUT...




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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
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Democracy NowOct 17, 2025
"Cold-Blooded Murder": David Cole on Trump's Boat Attacks & CIA Covert Action in Venezuela
There are growing questions over the legality of U.S. strikes on suspected drug boats in the Caribbean. "These are sitting ducks, and we are simply engaged in cold-blooded murder of individuals who may or may not be drug smugglers," says David Cole, professor at the Georgetown University Law Center. Cole says that President Trump is "committing homicide" by killing people without trial. "These individuals who have now been sent to the bottom of the sea by this president, if they were tried, at most, would face a sentence of some period of years," says Cole. "There would be no death penalty authorized under the Constitution for these individuals, even assuming they're guilty."

This comes as Trump has authorized the CIA to carry out covert operations inside Venezuela aimed at regime change, raising fears of a military confrontation between the two countries.


New York Times PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Zelensky to Meet With Trump to Discuss Weapons and Peace Prospects for Ukraine
President Trump is energized by the Mideast deal, but President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine is seeking fewer talks and more weapons to force Russia to negotiate.

New York Times PoliticsOct 17, 2025
After ‘Productive' Call, Trump Plans Another Meeting With Putin
President Trump has come close to imposing penalties on Russia several times, only to backtrack after talking with President Vladimir Putin and raising hopes for a diplomatic solution to the war.

Politics - U.S. HouseOct 17, 2025
Top San Francisco Lawmaker Expected to Challenge Nancy Pelosi in Primary
Ms. Pelosi, 85, has not yet said whether she will run again. The challenge would be the latest example of the Democratic Party facing a push for generational change.

Yahoo PoliticsOct 17, 2025
A war on drugs or a war on terror? Trump's military pressure on Venezuela blurs the lines


Yahoo PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Agency overseeing nuclear stockpile plans deep staff cuts amid shutdown


Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
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Drudge ReportOct 17, 2025
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BBC PoliticsOct 17, 2025
UK emissions would rise under Tory energy plan, Coutinho says
The Tory shadow energy secretary argues net zero has become a "religion" that has increased electricity costs.

Yahoo PoliticsOct 17, 2025
Virginia AG candidates Jay Jones and Jason Miyares clash over incendiary texts


New York Times PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Trump's Unilateral Spending Cuts Complicate Shutdown Deal
Democrats want guarantees that President Trump will not continue to claw back spending, ignoring any agreement they strike. But he has promised to keep defying Congress.

New York Times PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Trump Warns Hamas of Strikes if Violence in Gaza Continues
The president later clarified that the United States would not be involved in such an action.

Yahoo PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Senate fails to advance Pentagon funding bill as Thune's new push falls short


Yahoo PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Photo Shows Trump Backstage At Rally With Republicans In Racist Texts Scandal


Washington Post PoliticsOct 16, 2025
How big will ‘No Kings' protests be this weekend? Ask Karen Tumulty.
Join our chief political correspondent for her live chat every other Thursday at noon Eastern time.

Politics - U.S. HouseOct 16, 2025
Ossoff Walks Political Tightrope in Georgia as Shutdown Drags On
For Jon Ossoff, the most endangered Senate Democrat, the shutdown fight could rally support among some voters, but risks alienating others in a state President Trump won in 2024.

Washington Post PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Top military officer central to Trump's drug war will step down early
Adm. Alvin Holsey has served as the head of U.S. Southern Command for less than a year. The position typically rotates every three years.

New York Times PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Parties Brace for a Political Future Without the Voting Rights Act
After the Supreme Court appeared poised to weaken a key provision of the landmark civil rights law, both parties began to reckon with an uncertain future.

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Democracy NowOct 16, 2025
"Taken Hostage by the Israeli Military": Freed Palestinian Prisoners Describe Widespread Torture
Palestinians who have been released from Israeli prisons as part of the hostage exchange with Hamas are describing physical and psychological torture, medical neglect, deprivation and more. Moureen Kaki, a Palestinian American aid worker with Glia International who has been interviewing the returnees, joins us from Khan Younis to share some of their stories. Most were captured and imprisoned without charge by the Israeli military in the past two years. "They were being illegally imprisoned as captives by the Israeli military and then the Israeli government," Kaki explains. "Some of them were held captive for as little as three months, and some of them for several years."

Yahoo PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Virginia attorney general debate centers on Jay Jones' violent texts


Washington Post PoliticsOct 16, 2025
Judges admonish Trump administration, hand it legal setbacks in Chicago cases
A federal appeals court declined for now to let the Trump administration deploy troops in the Chicago area. A different judge said she was ‘profoundly concerned' federal officials were violating her orders.

Democracy NowOct 15, 2025
Historian Joel Beinin on Gaza Deal, Abandoning Zionism, His Israeli Niece's Captivity in Gaza & More
As Israel and Hamas exchange living and dead captives as part of a U.S.-backed ceasefire agreement, questions are growing about how sustainable the truce is and whether the two sides will progress to the second and third stages of the plan.

"My family is very happy that the families of other hostages that have been returned, dead and alive, are reaching some degree of closure," says Middle East historian Joel Beinin, whose Israeli niece, Liat Beinin Atzili, was held captive in Gaza for 54 days after she was taken by Hamas militants on October 7, 2023, while her husband Aviv was killed. The family's story is the focus of a new documentary, Holding Liat.

"All of the rest of the 20-point plan is very dubious, and I have grave doubts about whether any of the rest of it will actually be implemented," says Beinin, who also discusses one-sided Western media coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and how he came to "abandon Zionism" despite having family in Israel.


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NYT Homeland Press ReleasesSep 08, 2025
Trump Administration Says It Has Begun Immigration Crackdown in Chicago
In Chicago, advocates for immigrants said they saw several arrests on Sunday, but were uncertain of the scale of federal action.
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